Democrats make gains from state to local races

Following Election Day’s big wins for Democrats, the conversation surrounding the results has been on the height of the “blue wave,” but what about the depth of it? How far did it travel down ballots in some places in New York state? “They voted,” said Zettie Young. “They said ‘Yes, we want you in office.’ I want to return that and say, 'Hey, this is what I can do for you.” Young is the incoming Democratic Town Councilor representing the 4th ward in the town of Salina in Onondaga County, New York. A political freshman, Young was elected as the first African American woman to sit on the town’s council. She says she isn’t new to working in her community and seeing firsthand what she calls a “significant gap in access to essential resources.” “The national level, they set the policies which trickle down to us,” said Young. “People definitely have reiterated, they have an issue with buying groceries. They have an issue with putting gas in their vehicles.

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